A few would simply convert directly into zombies without dying. Once the worst was over (for some values of 'worst'), humanity researched the situation and quickly learned just how screwed they were: every mammal on the planet was infected with Kellis-Amberlee any mammal large enough (about 40 pounds) would reanimate as a zombie upon death. However, one brave doctor from the CDC leaked the real story, even as bloggers and geeks had already guessed the truth and started spreading the word. In an attempt to prevent mass panic, the government decided to lie to the public newscasters were given scripts indicating that it was either a zombie walk, or a variation of H1N1 making people act aggressively and violently. The initial series of outbreaks was dubbed The Rising. Soon, the two viruses met and combined to form Kellis-Amberlee, which turned out to be the Virus: it caused the dead to get back up as zombies and eat people, which of course generated more zombies. Kellis' lab, setting free the experimental and incompletely tested virus. And in Pennsylvania, Brandon Majors led a group of college students to break into Dr. Alexander Kellis worked on a similar program to wipe out the common cold.

Daniel Wells worked on a genetically engineered virus designed to cure cancer, finally achieving a breakthrough with teenager Amanda Amberlee. In the summer of 2014, three men tried to help the world, and nearly ended it instead. Newsflesh is a series of Zombie Apocalypse medical political thrillers written by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire, author of the October Daye Urban Fantasy novels). The Masons take their news so seriously they're willing to die to bring you the truth.

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